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A total of 11% of Minskers have been vaccinated against COVID-19, Deputy Chief Physician of the Minsk City Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology Natalya Avtukhova told reporters on 30 June, BelTA has learned.

Russia is Belarus' special partner in terms of international cooperation in science and technology, Chairman of the Standing Commission on International Affairs and National Security of the Council of the Republic Sergei Rachkov said as he spoke at the panel discussion "Improving the cooperation between Russia and Belarus in implementing the Union State programs and project in science and technology within the framework of international treaties" hosted by the Presidential Library, BelTA has learned.

The Sputnik Light vaccine is expected to be delivered to Belarus in July, Belarus' Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich told reporters, BelTA has learned.

The bill on amendments to laws on protecting sovereignty and constitutional order has passed the second reading at the fifth session of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus of the seventh convocation, BelTA has learned.

The model of the Belarusian state based on the Constitution is effective and sustainable, Chairman of Belarus' Constitutional Court Piotr Miklashevich told reporters on 24 June, BelTA has learned.

Belarus confirmed 802 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours; another 805 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospital, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry.